Original Canadian WWII 1st Medium Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery, 1st Canadian Army Group Battledress Uniform Jacket with Period-Applied Insignia German Edged Weapons over the base decorated with

over the base decorated with finely chased floral and vine scrolling foliage

but both were captured by Italian communist partisans and summarily executed by firing squad on 28 April 1945 near Lake Como

showing some fading to tan due to age

War Correspondent Robert Sherrod wrote:

the first version being developed in 1911

Original Canadian WWII 1st Medium Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery, 1st Canadian Army Group Battledress Uniform Jacket with Period-Applied Insignia German Edged Weapons over the base decorated withOriginal Item. Only One Available. The 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery was one of six Canadian medium artillery regiments that served in the European Theatre of World War II. Medium regiments were armed with 5. 5 inch and 4. 5 inch guns. The adjutant of the 1st Medium Regiment, RCA, was Captain Horace Trites; Trites was mentioned in dispatches in Italy. Trites and gun position officer (GPO) Lieutenant 'Buck' Buchanan later became pilots